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Eastern Conference champion to be decided in Game 7 on Wednesday

Eastern Conference champion to be decided in Game 7 on Wednesday

Tuesday, May 23rd

The Eastern Conference representative in the 2017 Kelly Cup Finals will be decided on Wednesday at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, N.H. when the Manchester Monarchs host the South Carolina Stingrays in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The 41st Game 7 in ECHL postseason history, and the 17th over the last three playoff seasons, faces off at 7 p.m. ET and you can catch all of the action LIVE on ECHL.TV.

Manchester forced the decisive game with a 5-1 win on Monday. The Stingrays had won three straight games in the series before the Monarchs' victory last night. The winner of Wednesday's game advances to meet Colorado in the 2017 Kelly Cup Finals, which will start on Friday at 7:05 p.m. MT at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colo.

Manchester is playing in a Game 7 for the first time in its two ECHL seasons while South Carolina is appearing in a Game 7 for the seventh time, including the third straight year in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Stingrays defeated Toledo 1-0 in triple overtime in 2015 before falling to Wheeling 5-2 last season. South Carolina is 4-2 all-time in Game 7s, picking up wins over Adirondack in the 2016 Eastern Conference Semifinals, Reading in the 2015 East Division Semifinals and Alaska in the 2009 Kelly Cup Finals while falling to Allen in the 2015 Kelly Cup Finals.

Wednesday's game is the 41st Game 7 all-time in ECHL postseason history. The home team is 29-11 all-time in ECHL Game 7s and has won 16 of the last 20 Game 7s.

Game 7s in ECHL History

DATE	TEAMS	ROUND
April 26, 2017	Orlando 4 at FLORIDA 7	DSF
April 25, 2017	Kalamazoo 1 at TOLEDO 3	DSF
May 24, 2016	WHEELING 5 at South Carolina 2	CF
May 11, 2016	Adirondack 2 at SOUTH CAROLINA 3 (2 OT)	CSF
May 11, 2016	Reading 3 at WHEELING 4	CSF
April 27, 2016	Idaho 2 at ALLEN 3 (OT)	CQF
April 27, 2016	Cincinnati 0 at FORT WAYNE 2	CQF
April 26, 2016	READING 4 at Toledo 1	CQF
June 14, 2015	South Carolina 1 at ALLEN 6	KCF
May 27, 2015	SOUTH CAROLINA 1 at Toledo 0 (3 OT)	CF
May 27, 2015	Ontario 1 at ALLEN 3	CF
May 13, 2015	Fort Wayne 2 at TOLEDO 5	DF
April 29, 2015	Quad City 1 at RAPID CITY 2	DSF
April 29, 2015	Wheeling 1 at TOLEDO 2 (OT)	DSF
April 29, 2015	Reading 2 at SOUTH CAROLINA 3	DSF
April 28, 2015	Colorado 2 at ONTARIO 4	DSF
May 1, 2013	Florida 1 at READING 4	CSF
April 14, 2013	Las Vegas 4 at STOCKTON 6	CQF
April 27, 2011	WHEELING 4 at Greenville 3 (OT)	CSF
May 12, 2010	Reading 0 at CINCINNATI 1	CF
April 28, 2010	CINCINNATI 2 at Charlotte 1	CSF
June 5, 2009	SOUTH CAROLINA 4 at Alaska 2	KCF
May 6, 2009	Stockton 1 at LAS VEGAS 5	DF
April 22, 2009	STOCKTON 5 at Ontario 4	DSF
April 22, 2009	Bakersfield 1 at LAS VEGAS 5	DSF
April 21, 2009	ELMIRA 5 at Trenton 3	DSF
April 20, 2009	Wheeling 1 at CINCINNATI 2 (2 OT)	DSF
May 5, 2008	Reading 1 at CINCINNATI 6	DF
May 18, 2007	DAYTON 3 at Florida 1	CF
May 3, 2007	Cincinnati 3 at DAYTON 5	DF
May 22, 2006	Fresno 2 at ALASKA 3 (2 OT)	CF
May 6, 2006	Bakersfield 2 at FRESNO 4	DF
April 22, 2006	Long Beach 3 at BAKERSFIELD 4	DSF
April 19, 2006	Idaho 2 at LAS VEGAS 6	DSF
May 16, 2005	TRENTON 2 at Alaska 0	CF
May 3, 2003	Cincinnati 2 at ATLANTIC CITY 3	CF
May 13, 2001	Peoria 3 at TRENTON 4	CF
May 30, 1999	Richmond 3 at MISSISSIPPI 4 (2 OT)	KCF
March 31, 1992	Roanoke Valley 2 at GREENSBORO 6	1st
April 12, 1989	CAROLINA 7 at Johnstown 4	RCF